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HANSON COOK, OF HYNDMAN, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part o f Letters Patent No. 488,727, dated December 27, 1892.

pplication filed August 3l, 1892. Serial No. 444,657. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HANSON COOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hyndman, in the county of Bedford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a speci cation.

The invention relates to improvements in washing machines.

The object of the present invention is to iinprove the construction of washing machines, and to enable clothes to be thoroughly washed, and to be rubbed during washing in a manner similar to the ordinary hand washing, and to to enable the pressure exerted upon clothes to to be readily regulated to suit the quantityof clothes being washed.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washing machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the connecting frame of the upper oscillating rubber.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a washing machine body supported by legs 2 and having journaled on it at one end a transverse shaft 3 which is provided at one end with a crank handle 4, and carrying at its opposite end a fly wheel 5 and having intermediate of its ends oppositely disposed crank bends 6 and 7 which are connected by pitmen 8 and 9 with upper and lower oscillating rubbers 10 and 11. The rubbers 10 and 11 are suspended within the body of the washing machine and are approximately segmental; the upper rubber 10 is provided on its lower face with a convex rubbing surface which operates in conjunction with a concave rubbing surface arranged on the upper face of the lower rubber. Each rubber consists of segmental sides 12 and 13, and transverse strips 14 and 15, the former of which have their lower faces corrugated, and the latter have their upper faces corrugated to form the concave rubbing surface of the lower rubber. The lower rubber l1 is suspended by hanger bars 16 from side bars 17 of an outer rectangular frame which consists ofthe said bars 17 having their rear ends pivoted to the outer faces of the sides of the washing machine body, and a transverse handle bar 18 which connects the front end of the side bars. This outer hinged frame is adapted to'be raised and swung rearward to carry the lower oscillating rubber out of the body for the purpose of drying or cleaning the machine. The hanger bars are arranged on the outer faces of the sides of the lower rubber, and have their lower ends pivoted thereto; and the upper ends of the hanger bars are bent outward horizontally and form journals which are arranged in suitable bearings of the sides 17 of the hanger frame and the sides of the body of the Washing machine. The upper rubber is ad] ustably suspended from a cross-rod 19 of an inner rectangular hinged frame 20 by means of a connecting frame 2l and verticallongitudinallT slotted bars 22, which have their lower ends secured to the outer faces of the sides of the upper rubber, and which receive the cross-rod 19 in the slots 23. The upper ends of the slotted bars 22 are connected by a bail 24 with` a lever 25 which has its front end connected with orfulcrumed on the handle bar 26 of the inner hinged frame 20, whereby the upper rubber may be raised or lowered to accommodate the quantity of clothes to be Washed, and to regulate the pressure thereon. The connecting frame consists of opposite V-shaped sides 27 constructed of metal and having their front arms 28 connected at theirupperends to the cross-rod 19 and suspended therefrom, and connected at their angles by link bars 29 with the frontend ofthe upper rubber. The rear arms 30 of the V-shaped sides, have their upper ends bent inward and secured to an end bar 31 which connects the sides and which is centrally connected with the pitman 6 of the upper rub# ber. The other end of the pitman 6 and also the corresponding end of the other pitman are provided with wooden bearings to lessen friction and wear. By means of the connecting frame, and the vertically slotted bars it will be IOO seen that the upper rubber is suspended fo'r both oscillation andvertical adjustment. The ends of the body are extended and provided with compartments or pockets 32 and 33, and secured to the bottom of the'foriner by a staple is a hook 34, which is adapted to engage an eye 35 of the handle bar of the upper rectangular hinged frame 20, whereby the parts are secured in operative position. The upper or inner hinged frame 20 is adapted to be swung back similar to the lower outer hinged frame so that the upper rubber may be swung back over the shaft to drain and dry, and to enable clothes to be placed in and removed from the washing machine.

It will readily be seen that the upper and lower rubbers reversely oscillate and are adapted to rub clothes placed between their opposed rubbing surfaces, in a manner similar to ordinary hand washing', and that the upper rubber is vertically adjustable to suit the quantity of clothes being washed, and to regulate the pressure thereon to prevent the fabric being worn, torn or otherwise injured. It will also be apparent that both the upper and lower rubbers maybe swung upward and rearward for the purpose of draining and to allow .the washing machine body to be cleaned.

The washing machine body is provided at one side with a drain opening which is closed by a plug 36, and the bottom of the washing machineis slanted from each end toward the middle to form a gutter to direct water tothe center of the body so that the latter will readily drain and quickly dry, and in a great measure be prevented from rotting, swelling or being otherwise injured from water' remainingin the body.

What I claim isl. In a washing machine, the combination of a body, a lower oscillating rubber, an upper oscillating rubber, a cross-rod, bars projecting from the upper rubber and provided with longitudinal slots receiving the crossbar, a connecting frame receiving the rear end of the upper rubber and having V-shaped sides, the upper ends of the front arms of which being connected to and suspended from the cross-rods, and link bars pivotally connected to the V-shaped sides at the angles thereof and pivoted to the upper rubber near j the front end thereof, and alever connected with the upper ends of the slotted bars, whereby the upper rubber may be raised or lowered,v substantially as described.

2. In a washing machine, the combination of the body, reversely oscillating upper and lower rubbers, the inner rectangular frame 2O hinged at its rear end to the sides ofthe body and provided with a cross-rod 19 and adapted to be swung upward and rearward, a shaft, a connecting frame connected with the shaft and receiving the front end of the upper rubber and suspended from the rod 19 and connected with the front of the upper rubber, slotted bars projecting from the upper rubber and receiving the cross-bar, and a llever connected with the slotted bars, substantially as described.

3. In a washing machine, the combination of a body, an outer rectangular frame hinged at its rear end to the outer faces of the sides of the body, a lower oscillating rubber suspended from the sides of said frame, an inner rectangular frame having its rear end hinged to the inner faces of the sides of the body and provided with a cross-rod, aconnecting frame receiving the rear end of the upper rubber and having V-'shaped sides and suspended from the cross-rod, and connected with the front end of the upper rubber, the slotted plate receiving the cross-rod and projecting from the upper rubber, a lever fulcrumed on the front ot' the inner hinged frame and Gonnected with the upper ends of the slotted bars, and a shaft provided with oppositely disposed crank loops and connected respectively with the lower rubber and withthe connecting i fram e, substantially as described.

4. In a washing machine, the combination vof a body, the inner and outer rectangular hinged frames, the former being provided at its front end with an eye, the upper and lowerg reverse] y operating rubbers suspendedy re- Ispectively from the inner and outer frames, 95 j and a hook mounted on the body and adapted 'to engage the eye of the inner hinged frame, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

HANSON COOK.A Vitnesses:

WILLIAM CooK, M. H. KRAMER.

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